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<blockquote data-quote="Joker" data-source="post: 2023845" data-attributes="member: 826"><p>I am completely and utterly lost when it comes to the rules of using Tower Shields.</p><p>I have created a group of 12 NPC's, four of which have Tower Shields. The point of the four was that they would jump in and provide cover (total?) for the weaker (in hp terms) members of the party.</p><p></p><p>Here are a few situations where I am confused. The W's are walls, the M's are Mages, the T's are tower shield characters and the F is the center of a fireball.</p><p></p><p></p><p>WWWWWWWWWWWWWWW</p><p> MMM</p><p> MMMTF</p><p> MMMT</p><p> MMM</p><p>WWWWWWWWWWWWWWW</p><p></p><p>This isnt the exact composition of the party but that is irrelevant right now. The two NPC's with the Tower Shields had readied actions to provide total cover from a fireball they somehow knew was going to be cast. The fireball strikes the Tower Shield and goes off.</p><p>So who gets hit by the fireball and how many bonusses do they get on their reflex and do any of them get evasion/improved evasion as a result of the cover?</p><p></p><p>Also, if an enemy charges one of the fully exposed mages, do any of the Tower Shield NPC's (who are using their shields to get total cover) get an AoO? I would say no because it states that they give up all attacks to gain total cover but I'm not sure.</p><p></p><p>And last (for now <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> ), do the NPC's with Tower Shields have to say which way their shields are facing so they only get cover against one side? Or do they have total cover, period? Or can an enemy just walk up behind him and attack them then?</p><p></p><p>Thanks in advance.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Joker, post: 2023845, member: 826"] I am completely and utterly lost when it comes to the rules of using Tower Shields. I have created a group of 12 NPC's, four of which have Tower Shields. The point of the four was that they would jump in and provide cover (total?) for the weaker (in hp terms) members of the party. Here are a few situations where I am confused. The W's are walls, the M's are Mages, the T's are tower shield characters and the F is the center of a fireball. WWWWWWWWWWWWWWW MMM MMMTF MMMT MMM WWWWWWWWWWWWWWW This isnt the exact composition of the party but that is irrelevant right now. The two NPC's with the Tower Shields had readied actions to provide total cover from a fireball they somehow knew was going to be cast. The fireball strikes the Tower Shield and goes off. So who gets hit by the fireball and how many bonusses do they get on their reflex and do any of them get evasion/improved evasion as a result of the cover? Also, if an enemy charges one of the fully exposed mages, do any of the Tower Shield NPC's (who are using their shields to get total cover) get an AoO? I would say no because it states that they give up all attacks to gain total cover but I'm not sure. And last (for now ;) ), do the NPC's with Tower Shields have to say which way their shields are facing so they only get cover against one side? Or do they have total cover, period? Or can an enemy just walk up behind him and attack them then? Thanks in advance. [/QUOTE]
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